If you reckon having find my phone turned on uses the battery up then there would be a problem with your phone or battery! It will not use a noticeable amount of battery.

But I must say, when I had a Samsung S7 I tried find my phone out, I was in my house, and on the map it didn’t actually show me EXACTLY where I was, it was just a big circle around 2/3 roads and probably covered about 20/30 houses, I was in this circle but that’s no good if someone stole your phone is it, your hardly going to knock on 30 doors asking if someone stole your phone!

Likewise, if you simply dropped your phone, there’s a very slim chance of finding it in that HUGE area.

The iPhones version of find my iPhone is way more accurate, it puts a small marker on the location and it’s basically right on the roof of my house.

This was on a S7 so perhaps things have improved with the android version now?

If you reckon having find my phone turned on uses the battery up then there would be a problem with your phone or battery! It will not use a noticeable amount of battery.

But I must say, when I had a Samsung S7 I tried find my phone out, I was in my house, and on the map it didn’t actually show me EXACTLY where I was, it was just a big circle around 2/3 roads and probably covered about 20/30 houses, I was in this circle but that’s no good if someone stole your phone is it, your hardly going to knock on 30 doors asking if someone stole your phone!

Likewise, if you simply dropped your phone, there’s a very slim chance of finding it in that HUGE area.

The iPhones version of find my iPhone is way more accurate, it puts a small marker on the location and it’s basically right on the roof of my house.

This was on a S7 so perhaps things have improved with the android version now?

Something wrong there, we track the kids and it pretty much tells us when they are about to get to the front door.

If you reckon having find my phone turned on uses the battery up then there would be a problem with your phone or battery! It will not use a noticeable amount of battery.

But I must say, when I had a Samsung S7 I tried find my phone out, I was in my house, and on the map it didn’t actually show me EXACTLY where I was, it was just a big circle around 2/3 roads and probably covered about 20/30 houses, I was in this circle but that’s no good if someone stole your phone is it, your hardly going to knock on 30 doors asking if someone stole your phone!

Likewise, if you simply dropped your phone, there’s a very slim chance of finding it in that HUGE area.

The iPhones version of find my iPhone is way more accurate, it puts a small marker on the location and it’s basically right on the roof of my house.

This was on a S7 so perhaps things have improved with the android version now?

Something wrong there, we track the kids and it pretty much tells us when they are about to get to the front door.

Are you using Android track my device or Samsung's app ?

I don’t have an android phone now, and I can’t remember what exactly I was using, I think it was the Samsung one because I seem to remember it being abit of a pain to setup, because it’s already pre-installed on iPhones, but I had to download something on the S7 phone and I’m sure it was asking me to sign up to Samsung something or other first, then after that it let me use the find my phone thing.

It was a pain getting it going, then it turned out to be completely useless!

I set it up for my partner’s Samsung phone but was surprised how complicated it was to do compared to an iPhone.

It is useful for when you mislay your Android phone as you can at least quickly determine if it’s in the house or somewhere else. My partner has lost her phone down the back of her mum’s settee twice now! It’s accurate to about 10 metres I’ve found so it might not pinpoint some Herbert who has just nicked it.

You can also remotely lock the phone, wipe your data or unlock your it if you have forgotten your pin or pattern.

Most people have their location on for other apps anyway, so it’s no additional overhead on the battery.

I would rather use Find My Mobile, as that allows you to wipe the SD card aswell as the device. So if I want to track my son's mobile using Samsung's Find My Mobile, do I need to create a Samsung account on his phone and log into Find My Mobile using his log in details?